Young Adult (14 - 18)

Hurricane Katrina took her mother and grandmother. And even though Laurel Daneau has moves on to a new life--one that includes a new best friend, a spot on the cheerleading squad, and dating the co-captain of the football team--she can't get past the...

From the shores of Africa to the bowels of a transatlantic ship to a voting booth in Mississippi to the jungles of Vietnam, all human connection is a matter of souls. In this stirring collection of short stories, Denise Lewis Patrick considers the souls...

These high-interest/low-readability biographies cover influential contemporary and historical figures. Each inspiring example of success and overcoming challenges includes background notes, vocabulary lists, answers, and a bibliography. Biographies...

Growing up together in an Atlanta housing project, Anjenai, Kierra, and Tyler have always been there for each other. But high school is a whole new world, and the drama is just beginning when all three fall for star athlete Romeo Blackwell.

Squid Game meets Dear Justyce in an explosive young adult novel about a teenage girl on death row who competes on a reality show in hopes of winning her freedom. Last Chance Live! is the most popular reality show in America--and...

"A dynamic and heart-pounding thriller . . . Up In Smoke has the highest of stakes and a tender love story at its core. Nick Brooks is a force." --Jessica Goodman, NYT-bestselling author of The Meadowbrook Murders and The Legacies A girl determined to...

This compelling and complex romance about love across cultures follows a Black girl and Brown boy who find themselves--and each other--while pursuing their passions the summer before college. Deja's got a plan. The first in her large family to go to...

dear Knucklehead, perhaps you are like me: always figuring out if your soul and your skinare thick enough to protect your body from sticky stonesthrown from the mouths of those who knowthat spoken words have the power to spit out freedomand break-in...

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indie Bestseller! A USA Today Bestseller! "Entirely irresistible. Immortal Dark takes the best parts of vampire lore and brings the undying, violent enmity to full throttle. Tigest Girma pushes...

A thrilling graphic novel reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that follows Jim, an enslaved man on a journey towards freedom, and his sidekick, Huck, in the antebellum South--from the team behind the Eisner Award-winning The Black Panther Party...

Stonewall Book Awards--Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Honor BookFrom the author of the critically acclaimed novel For Black Girls Like Me, Mariama J. Lockington, comes a coming-of-age story surrounding the losses that...